Probiotics

The Top 10 Resources on Probiotics

Selected by our Guides and Physician Review Team.

What are Probiotics?

• Wikipedia: Probiotics
• PDR Health: Probiotics
• International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics: Probiotics & Prebiotics
• Probiotic Nutrition: Probiotics - Everything you need to know
• Innvista: Probiotics
• About.com: Alternative Medicine: Acidophilus Effects, Benefits and Other Information
• National Institute of Health Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Getting To Know "Friendly Bacteria"
• PeaceHealth: Probiotics

Uses and Safety of Probiotics

• WebMD: Probiotics
• Healthy Eating Club: Prebiotics and Probiotics
• Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide: Health benefits of taking probiotics
• CBC News In Depth Food Safety: Probiotics - Your gut's love affair with bacteria
• PCC Natural Markets: Probiotics
• Dairy Council of California: Probiotics - Friendly Bacteria with a Host of Benefits
• Aetna InteliHealth: Lactobacillus acidophilus

Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Probiotics

• Candida and Probiotics
• Blogspot: Probiotics Blog
• Julie's Health Club: Probiotics are fightin’ germs!

Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Probiotics

• Ask Dr Stoll Builletin Board: Probiotics Archives
• Health Boards: Probiotics
• NACD Message Board: Health and Nutrition
• Dr City: Message Board

Clinical Trials for Probiotics

• Medscape Today: Efficacy of an encapsulated probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 in women with irritable bowel syndrome.
• PubMed: Prescript-assist probiotic-prebiotic treatment for irritable bowel syndrome: an open-label, partially controlled, 1-year extension of a previously published controlled clinical trial.
• PubMed: Probiotics and chronic disease.
• IngentaConnect: Probiotics and irritable bowel syndrome: a rationale for their use and an assessment of the evidence to date
• Medscape Today: What's New in the Management of IBS and Chronic Constipation?
• Nutrition Journal: The role of a probiotics mixture in the treatment of childhood constipation: a pilot study
• Food Standards Agency: Probiotics research
• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: Prebiotics and probiotics: are they functional foods?

Articles about Probiotics

• Mayo Clinic: Probiotics: Do they offer health benefits?
• Mayo Clinic: IBS diet: Can yogurt ease symptoms?
• CBC News: Some bacteria is good to eat
• New York Times: In Live Bacteria, Food Makers See a Bonanza
• WebMD: Probiotics May Help Stressed Gut
• Medical News Today: Probiotic Treatment Options Can Help Manage Constipation And IBS Symptoms
• Jerusalem Post: 'Good' bacteria can save severely burned patients
• Science Daily: Despite Claims, Not All Probiotics Can Treat Diarrhea Say Experts